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Orihuela Air quality today
Air quality in Orihuela currently reads AQI 93 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 93
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.5
- tree cover
- 16.0%
- trees in this area
- 50.3K
- more trees needed
- 44.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Orihuela, Alicante, Spain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Orihuela · AQI 93 (Moderate)
Orihuela's tree count comes to 50,265 trees across 12.57 km², 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 43,982 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Orihuela today: AQI 93, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · SAN BASILIO, 20.5 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.5
PM10
51.4
NO₂
57.5
O₃
9.8
SO₂
4.9
CO
470.0
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Orihuela's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 24 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 7.
Where Orihuela stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Orihuela: Critically low
16.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
50,265
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
43,982
CO₂ if planted / yr
967.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Orihuela lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Orihuela has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 15 haabout 20 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 13 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Orihuela?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good88% · 13 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown10% · 2 ha
Also: towns and roads.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 661 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 663 ha
- Overall change
- +2 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Orihuela stayed about the same size, at about 663 hectares: new forest grew on about 45 hectares, and about 44 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Orihuela right now?
The latest reading for Orihuela shows an AQI of 93 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is SAN BASILIO, 20.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Orihuela today?
At AQI 93 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Orihuela been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Orihuela's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 24 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Orihuela lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Orihuela has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Orihuela stayed about the same size, at about 663 hectares: new forest grew on about 45 hectares, and about 44 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Orihuela?
Orihuela has an estimated 50,265 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.0% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Orihuela need?
Orihuela needs roughly 43,982 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 967.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Orihuela's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Orihuela, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Orihuela; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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